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  1. Florida Admitted as the 27th State
    date March 3, 1845map LEON, Floridatags Race-Relations, Slavery

    The presidential approval of Florida's entering the Union as a (slave) state occurred on the last day of Tyler's administration. The news reached Tallahassee five days later, and Governor Branch was officially notified ten days later. Tallahassee was filled with raucous celebration, including ringing bells, cannon reports, bonfires, and general merriment. The governor held a large reception at Live...

  2. Joseph M. White suggests Indians move west of the Mississippi.
    date May 20, 1827tags Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    After the native Indians were allotted reservation areas for settlement, problems quickly arise. Whites started trying to take over these areas (claiming to be looking for lost slaves), and Indians were trying to expand on their already very small territory. This led to substantial violence and bloodshed. One such example took place near the Ocilla River on December 6, 1826. The Woodville Republican...

  3. Steamboat service chartered on the Apalachicola River
    date 1827 to 1831tags Economy, Migration/Transportation

    Following the Treaty of Washington, the Creek Indians were removed from the Apalachicola Bay. To take part of this new settlement a steamboat service was chartered in 1827 which would eventually reach areas of Georgia and Alabama. This project did not start off smoothly; it would take years after its inception for a corps of engineers to clear obstructions in the water. Many reports during this...

  4. The 1885 Florida Constitutional Convention
    date June 9, 1885 to August 3, 1885map LEON, Floridatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    Assembled for the purpose of reforming the “Carpetbag' Constitution of 1868, the Florida Constitutional Convention opened in Tallahassee on June 9, 1885. Hon. Samuel Pasco, the long-time chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, was elected to be President of the convention unanimously. Because Florida was a relatively new state at the time, many of its delegates were not native-born....

  5. Yellow Fever Hits Florida
    date 1885 to 1889map DUVAL, Floridatags Health/Death, Economy, Government, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Long before the Internet, cable, and airplanes, a global market was emerging. Civilized countries recognized the need of foreign trade to compete in this new arena. Foreign trade required the participation of everyone from government leaders to common citizens. A Florida resident, Cecil H. Alleyne expressed his concern over a Yellow Fever breakout and its effects on the world market. In his letter...

  6. Watermelon and Sun
    date April, 1885map ALACHUA, Floridatags Economy, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    One plantation owner who was drawn away from his home near Montgomery, Alabama to Alachua County, Florida (near Gainesville) was James B. Bailey. After his resettlement, Bailey became an active participant in government serving as Superintendent of Labor for the Engineers Department of the Eastern District of Florida and was even a candidate for Alachua County's commissioner of roads. In his personal...

  7. Hurricane destroys much of Cedar Key, FL
    date September 29, 1896map LEVY, Floridatags Health/Death

    A hurricane with 135-mph winds caused millions of dollars worth of damage and scores of deaths at Cedar Key, FL. The hurricane demolished two hotels, several churches and schoolhouses and many other buildings while the storm also hit lumber and turpentine industries extremely hard. The storm caused major floods, which begat fires throughout the city. The hurricane so damaged the Florids Central and...

  8. Spain Officially Cedes Florida to the United States/ Ratification of the Adams-Onis Treaty
    date February 19, 1821map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Beginning in 1818, President Monroe sent General Andrew Jackson to Spanish Florida to subdue the Seminole Indians, who were raiding American settlements. Liberally interpreting his ambiguous instructions, Jackson led his troops deep into areas of Florida under Spanish control, capturing two Spanish forts. Because Florida held the potential of becoming a new slave state, southern congressmen eagerly...

  9. The Future of Miami
    date May 25, 1844map DADE, Floridatags Agriculture, Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    The little coastal steamer, only 105 feet in length and 152 tons in weight, chugged up the Miami River towards the settlements on the interior. It was hardly a triumphant parade of U.S. naval power. The Sailing Master of such a flagship was one Edward C. Anderson, and he took in the alien landscape as it passed on either side. Upon arriving at Miami, he found it to be little more than a collection...

  10. Crop Variation
    date April, 1852map JEFFERSON, Floridatags Agriculture

    It was the middle of April and the time for planting crops in the Western Florida county of Leon. At Chemonnie Plantation, except for a small piece of ground near the southwest edge of the plantation, the crop was all planted. The crop referred to by John Evans, the plantation overseer, in his bi-monthly letter to the plantation owner George Noble Jones was the king-cotton. Having addressed the major...

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